1 - moving day

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"Okay one more picture" Mark insists, trying to get the old film camera working. Carol slaps her hand on her forehead, getting into the back seat with Dana. "Dad we're already behind schedule"

"And perfect" the camera flashes, film slowly being released. He hands it to his daughter, putting the remainder of the bags into the trunk, then hopping into the drivers seat. Nini takes a deep breath, looking back at the house one more time before getting into the passenger seat.

It's four am in New York in early November, the street lights glisten lowly as they drive through the suburbs, getting on the freeway. It's a horribly long drive to Utah, thirty hours at best, probably thirty four but they decided not to fly. It's spread across two days, with a few pit stops in the middle.

"Okay we are not listening to this" Mark grumbles, handing the aux cable to Nini. "Hey!" Dana slaps the back of his head. "no true crime podcasts, we're barely an hour into this"

Nini chuckles lightly as they argue, half her mind elsewhere. She plugs the cable into her phone and puts on an ABBA and Queen mix playlist, knowing they'll all end up singing along in a minute. She leans against the window, head against the cold glass, polaroid in hand. She slowly runs her thumb over it, thinking about how drastically different everything is going to be.

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